Purandaha
Kochadhaman block · Kishanganj
district, Bihar · PIN 855115
· village code 222839
Population 2011
3,761
Census of India
Population 2020
3,994
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+6.2%
233 people · 0.7% a year
Households
795
+3.0% vs 772 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,761
Male / female
1,946 / 1,815
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
933
Children aged 0–6
760
Literacy rate
44.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
225 / 0
Working population
1,423
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
78.6%
Households
772
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 2 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
Farming
Farm households
510
Non-farm households
24
Share of households farming, 2020
96%
Net sown area
167 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
167 / 30 / 4
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Purandaha panchayat, Kochadhaman zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹34.01 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹18.57 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹37.83 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹14.75 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.72 lakh · received ₹7.40 lakh · spent ₹19.78 lakh · left ₹4.33 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.29 lakh · received ₹11.17 lakh · spent ₹18.05 lakh · left ₹10.41 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1622, 87.7665 —
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